Chick water question

[FarmBoy25]

Hello, my chicks are in their fourth week, and from the get-go, we added apple cider vinegar to their water, (as a coccidiosis preventive) and lately, they have begun spilling the water more often. The brooder is starting to smell like the vinegar, and I am wondering when to stop adding it, as well as when to stop boiling water. Thanks!

 

[Missbc]

I've never added ACV nor have I boiled the water. Mine have survived 5+ weeks without it.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello, my chicks are in their fourth week, and from the get-go, we added apple cider vinegar to their water, (as a coccidiosis preventive) and lately, they have begun spilling the water more often. The brooder is starting to smell like the vinegar, and I am wondering when to stop adding it, as well as when to stop boiling water. Thanks!

Hello,

Unfortunately, ACV will do nothing to prevent coccidiosis. I would stop using it now.
I'm uncertain as to why you were boiling the water.

You could make a drinker for them that they can't spill using an old sports bottle and a vertical chicken nipple. This is the one I made:

As you can see, I hung it with an old wire hanger and I added blocks for the chicks to climb on so they could access it. I removed blocks as they grew. Alternatively, you could suspend it from a chain and raise it as they grow.

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Hello,

Unfortunately, ACV will do nothing to prevent coccidiosis. I would stop using it now.
I'm uncertain as to why you were boiling the water.

You could make a drinker for them that they can't spill using an old sports bottle and a vertical chicken nipple. This is the one I made:
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As you can see, I hung it with an old wire hanger and I added blocks for the chicks to climb on so they could access it. I removed blocks as they grew. Alternatively, you could suspend it from a chain and raise it as they grow.

 

[DobieLover]

Dash makes it a GREAT post!!

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Dash makes it a GREAT post!!

If only I had a great post button haha!

 

[Marianne25]

Neither is necessary, I've never boiled water or added ACV. On my third batch of chicks

 

[FarmBoy25]

OK thanks a lot!